SF Bay Area Holistic Calendar

Have
you ever found yourself wishing you felt more natural and comfortable at flirting...?
Or just wishing you had a clue how to do it without feeling like a fool?

Flirting
can add playfulness to all kinds of engagements, from the grocery store to the
bar. And it can add spice to new and established relationships.

Whether
you're single or in a relationship, playful or shy... Understanding the basics
of flirting and your natural Flirtation Style can add panache and ease to
interactions from the casual to the intense.

Join
2 Doctor's (A PhD and a Doctorate of Human Sexuality) who've studied the art of
flirting from different personalities (outgoing and shy) and who've helped
people gain confidence and delight all over the world.

In
this 1.5-hour workshop, we'll guide you in discovering your natural flirtation
style, and help you leverage that to build connection and playfulness... and
the sexy (where appropriate), so that you feel grounded, authentic, and more fun
and effective than you thought possible!

TRE®
(Tension, Stress & Trauma Release Exercise) is an innovative series of
exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress,
tension and trauma. Created by Dr. David Berceli, PhD, TRE® safely activates a
natural reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular
tension, calming down the nervous system. When this muscular shaking/vibrating
mechanism is activated in a safe and controlled environment, the body is
encouraged to return back to a state of balance.

You’ll
experience and learn the seven simple exercises that lead to the gentle shaking
that allows your body to relax with TRE. Time for questions and discussion.

Join
Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda for a very special Altar of Love Weekend. The weekend
creates a spectacular heart blossoming moment in time and space for
participants to dive into the magic and beauty of life. Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda
offer a transformational journey full of music, yoga and a cacao ceremony that
heals hearts, creates intimate friends and leaves you floating in love.

Friday
12/2

8pm-10pm:
Kirtronica~Sacred Ecstatic Dance/Laser Light Mantra Dance

7-8pm:
Opening DJ set with HAMID of INNER RHYTHM

Saturday
12/3

2pm-4pm:
Singing and Mantra Workshop

7pm-9pm:
Kirtan and Healing Mantra Music

Sunday
12/4

12:30pm-2:30pm:
Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Workshop led by Ananda w/live music by Jaya
Lakshmi

The
latest entry in the self-help revolution, the cuddle party is a way "for
adults to get together and explore affectionate touch and communication without
it becoming sexualized". Non-sexual, but sensual touch is good for your
body and good for your soul.

In
this meeting we’ll do more exercises (exploring how to move energy to upper
chakras, to leave longer…). We’ll switch more during our hug train exercise to
observe energy shifts, and most importantly, we’ll aim to have better gender
balance, by moving people and couples in from the waiting list. Also, people
love foot massage exchange, and it will be on the plate again.

Most
people want to be held, and be the big or little spoon, some people just want
to hold hands, some people just want an arm around them, some people have
strong emotions come up, and some people just want silence and they want to snooze.
Everything is up to you and you have power to say YES or NO to anything, and
'maybe' we classify as NO!

Zero
tolerance for harassment!!! No space – join the waiting list! If you are
couple, send a note to Sean, and he will move you to the group instantly. If
you happen to be a lady, you will get it, if you happen to be a man, join the
waiting list and hope for cancelations.

Join
Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary
Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) for a conversation about what
inspired him to found MAPS in 1986, the current state of MAPS drug development
plan for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, and the future of
psychedelic-assisted therapy. This presentation will discuss results from the
Phase 2 MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD
studies, and the transition to Phase 3 clinical trials.

Also
discussed will be the ongoing studies for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for
anxiety associated with a terminal illness, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for
social anxiety in autistic adults, and medical marijuana for PTSD. The
conversation will conclude with a discussion about regulation of MDMA-assisted
psychotherapy post-approval and what that would mean for therapists, the plan
to build a network of in-patient psychedelic clinic treatment centers, how the
Zendo Project and harm reduction can help us prepare for a post-prohibition
world, and the consequences of the presidential election on our planning.

This
event is an educational program of the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies
and Research in collaboration with CIIS Public Programs & Performances.

Dance therapy is offering numerous benefits for physical,
mental, and emotional health. Music itself can be a very powerful tool. It can
affect our moods and our state of well-being by triggering memories and other
emotional experiences. When dance or any movement is set to music, it can
create a stress relieving, joyful and sometimes healing moment for those
involved, as well as increasing/releasing endorphins in the brain.

Please join us for the dance movement therapy workshop in
Cupertino, where we will explore different attributes of the emotional and
physical well-being through set of the creative and fun exercises, mixed with
the episodes, filled with free-form dancing.

Main benefits you may expect:

- Getting a good ability to express suppressed emotions

- Establishing a positive and rejuvenating connection
with your body

- Improving general physical fitness and gross motor
skills development

- Creating a positive life outlook, addressing stressful
life events and depressive episodes

Every workshop is different, and the facilitator will
follow the flow, adjusting the list of the exercises and free-form dance
activities to the created team spirit and atmosphere.

Important notes:

- No partner or previous dancing experience necessary.

- All ages and physical capabilities are welcome. You
choose you own level of participation and involvement.

- Please try to be on time, as it is easier to “catch a
wave” if you are present from the class beginning.

- Clothing: anything that would let you move freely.

- Shoes: dancing bare-feet is the best, but you can also
use soft flat shoes. Please no outdoor shoes on the floor.

- There is plenty of parking near the studio. Follow the
GPS guidance, however as soon as you turn to the parking lot from Bandley
Drive, you need to drive around the building to find the Li's Wushu Academy
Entrance at the back. There are no entrances from the front or sides of the
building.

I'll go over all the basics of how to OM. How to ask, how
to set up the space, Orgasm v. Climax, stroking technique, and more.

You won't be OM trained in the way where you will feel
comfortable to do the practice just yet, but you will learn the basics and be
able to decide it if feels right for you to learn more. There will be a little
bit of time to go over OM philosophy. If you have desire to really learn and
have the full experience of being trained, I will tell you about our full-day
Intro to OM class and how you can sign up.

Orgasmic Meditation has changed my life so much. My
relationships improved (with men AND everyone!), I'm happier, have more energy,
and feel fulfilled in a deep way of being in my purpose. I'm a certified
trainer and excited to share it with you all!

Join Ambika Daniella and Danny Goldberg for a powerful
and deeply relaxing 3-hour journey into the healing power of sound, and in the
spirit of gratitude and giving.

The first 2 hours of Restorative Yoga are led by Ambika
Daniella while she shares potent wisdom about gratitude and giving, interwoven
with current Astrological insights, and the power to discover who we truly are
when we give and serve others.

Ambika Daniella’s assistants will be graciously giving
anointings of Ambika Daniella's Body Temple Blends, made from high quality and
pure essential oils.

The final hour is the Sacred Sound Bath. Ambika Daniella
and Danny will offer a luxurious Sound Bath that includes all of the above
instruments and Ambika Daniella’s Harmonium playing, singing and angelic vocal
toning.

Ambika Daniella's Body Temple blends will be available
after the close of the workshop.

Experience the Healing Benefits of Immersing yourself in
Nature, with the Dynamic Meditative Movements of Qi Gong and Yoga on a
beautiful Hike in Fall Creek, Felton.

What will we be doing? We Begin the Nature Immersions
with Sensory Awareness Walking Meditations in alignment with the 5 Elements of
Chinese medicine. Which will bring us to a couple beautiful locations in the
Forest along the Water for Deeper Practices. Rejuvenating and Balancing the
whole body.

Where? We will meet at the Trail Head on Felton Empire
Road, about 1/2 Mile from Hwy 9 Intersection in Felton near the parking lot
with free parking.

Help
build and become part of this monthly Saturday night drumming community. This is a facilitated event; newcomers are
always welcome and will be guided into finding their rhythms while more
experienced drummers will have the chance to show us their chops while
supporting the group experience. I have
plenty of instruments to share (let me know if you need one).

When
you enter the driveway, take a left, go around the back of building. Look for
the open door which leads right into the room.

This is a sensation play party for everyone. Come and
celebrate all of your senses.

Like to have someone lightly tease you with feathers?
Wonder how much fun you can have with an electric toothbrush? Have you ever
looked around your house and thought of all the fun things you could do with
some of your household items? At PAN-SENSUAL! you can explore all of these
things and more.

At this very unique party you will find the dungeon
transformed into a Pervertables Play Room ready for you to explore some fun
items. Provided for you will be an array of everyday items that can be used in
amazing perverted ways. Take one for some play. Or ask our Sensationalist to
try it on you to see if you enjoy it.

Featuring:

- Dungeon tours (if you are new and want someone to show
you around)

- A relaxing environment perfect for deep sensation play
or sensual sexy encounters

- Pervertables for you to use and keep

- A fully equipped dungeon with lots of places to explore
sensation play

- And much more

This party is perfect for novices and veterans alike.

We ENCOURAGE all genders, orientations, and body shapes/sizes
to join our events. We are delighted to hear that people find our events to
have some of the most sexually diverse crowds around.

The
technical work cultivates efficiency, kinesthetic pleasure, and physical safety
in contact as well as fluid speed and power. A recurring theme is the ability
to calmly sense with more somatic detail in more “frames per second” … to sense
and to be able to act creatively and functionally on what is sensed.

Art
and felt meaning in the dance are the subjects of physical poetics.

While
our path will be discovered as we go, you can expect…

-A
balance of study and abandon, tight investigations and open questions

-Contact
vocabulary: novel lifts and mechanical details

-Explorations
of release technique and the “passive sequencing” work

-Questioning
‘meaning’ and poetry of the body

-States
of awareness and experiments in mind/body relationship

-The
possibility of intentionality and composition juxtaposed with the impossibility
of control of meaning and motion.

-The
dance both as a physical process and as the poetic interplay of two
experiencing beings.

-The
interplay of open discovery and compositional intention as experiment and
deliberate provocation to novel experience.

-Body
work, Mind work, pleasure, intellect, and a fair bit of sweat.

Karl
Frost has been teaching and performing contact and related work in body-based
creative process for the over 20 years. He is known internationally for his
dynamic and articulate movement style, his rigor in physical research and
teaching, and for the edge-pushing nature of his work in both practice and
performance. His work, influenced by studies in contemporary release technique,
Alexander technique, and martial arts, has been showcased across the states,
Canada, Europe, South America, and Israel. His performances take the body and
emotionally and physically felt experience as their reference points.

Dress
warm, bring snacks and something hot to drink!!! Get there early and be
prepared for lines.

Please
note that there are no regular Alcatraz tours offered on Thanksgiving Day,
November 24, 2016. All participants in the Indigenous Peoples' Sunrise
Gathering must return to Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing on the last boat, which will
depart Alcatraz Island at approximately 8:45am.

This
is a one-day event. Boats will depart Pier 33 every 15 minutes from 4:15am to
6:00am. The Indigenous People’s Sunrise Gathering is a commemoration of the
1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz by the “Indians of All Tribes.”

Purchase
and print tickets on the web. Tickets can also be purchased by calling
415-981-7625 or from the Ticket Booth at Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing. The ticket
booth opens at 4:15 am on Thursday, November 24, 2016.

Instructor:
FE PACHECO is the founder of the ScalarPrana Therapeutic System and the author
of ScalarPrana Primer: The Human Energy System. With over 25 years of
experience in alternative energy healing modalities, she has been teaching and
conducting energy healing workshops in Greece, Italy, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Netherlands, London, Ireland, France, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia,
Australia, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, and her home
country, the Philippines.

Our ecstatic community is gathering for this 4 day
immersive festival program filled with shared wisdom and connected celebration.
Are you ready to transform and empower your life in a practical and lasting
way? With the elements of nature as inspiration, we'll use ritual, conscious
sensuality, embodied intimacy, communication practices, dance, yoga and
meditation as tools to transform and empower our lives.

We want to provide you with a truly nourishing
experience, giving you time and space to connect with self, with nature and
with tribe.

What you can expect:

DAY TIME

Morning movement and meditation sessions will enliven
body, mind and spirit. Then easefully flow into intentional, inspiring, and
thought provoking workshops available throughout the day led by internationally
recognized facilitators passionate about sharing their work and insights with
you! Let it be the fuel for your inner FIRE, stimulating mindful expansion and
transformation.

EVENING TIME

Celebratory evening events will be a time to rejoice for
expanded connections and insights, filled with music, dance, rituals and
entertainment, bringing our Ecstatic Community together in Ecstatic Communion.
Allow the binding, grounding, healing power of the EARTH unite us in embodied
bliss, creating positive and passionate memories together!

ALL THE TIME

Share intimate moments with self and others, in the
sunshine, under the tropical starlit sky, cuddled by a fire or soaking in the
relaxing Lolia Place hot tub. Looking for more adventure or spaciousness,
venture to the magical black sand nude beach or healing waters of the Ahalanui
Warm Ponds, both a few miles from the event venue. Connect with the power of
the AIR and WATERS!

The 2017 Hawaii Tantra Festival will be hosted by the
Institute for Conscious Sensuality at the new Lolia Place Eco-Village, located
on the LUSH and LIVELY Puna coast on the Big Island of Hawaii. Our new,
secluded location offers the perfect spot for this deep and transformational
dive.

This will be the inaugural event for this amazing fresh
new venue and we are excited to invite you to be a part of its foundation,
paving the way for many more unforgettable transformational gatherings for
years to come. Let it be your home away from home, an eco-village focused on
personal growth and development, permaculture and sustainability as well as
conscious sensuality and tantra.

Workshops will take place each day, led by globally
acclaimed facilitators encompassing Tantric Arts, Conscious Sensuality,
Communication, Personal Development and Embodied Movement. Evenings will be
filled with music, dance, rituals and entertainment, bringing our Ecstatic
Community together in Ecstatic Communion!

We invite you to use your time with us as a personal
retreat to solidify healthy habits in your life. Start each day with our
morning movement and meditation sessions to enliven your body, mind and spirit.
Participate in up to 3 workshops each day, each with a focused intention on
expanding perspectives, feeding passions and igniting growth. Enjoy celebratory
evening events, a time to rejoice for expanded connections and insights.

Experience firsthand what it’s like to be witnessed and
involved in an open, like-minded, safe community full of love and support. Feel
what it’s like to step into your power and be that support for others. We are
all longing for real connections, this is our chance to gather together and
hold each other in such a way that we all can thrive. All emotions are welcome
as we consciously invite full presence in all its forms as a gateway to healing
and learning.

Open
Floor is a healing movement meditation practice and lively dance inquiry
designed to reclaim our lost embodiment. The emphasis in Open Floor is to
awaken our sensate experience, emotional intelligence, relational skills, and
mindful awareness.

WHAT
WE WILL EXPLORE

*
Develop essential movement skills that can be used on any dance floor and in
our lives

*
Encourage the body move from fixed to fluid

*
Deepen our sensate awareness of the body

*
“Move and Include” all that is arising on all levels – physical, emotional,
mental and spiritual

​

ABOUT
STACEY

Stacey
Butcher is an Open Floor Movement teacher, serving on the faculty of Open Floor
International. She is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), certified
5Rhythms teacher (trained by Gabrielle Roth), Reiki Master/Teacher, and
bodyworker. Stacey has been dedicated to the healing arts for over 20 years and
has studied with healers and teachers from around the world. Her teaching is infused
with passion, deep presence and humor. She is an inspirational facilitator and
is skilled at holding space for transformation.

Come
experience and learn the art of energy healing in this weekend workshop full of
important information on the subtle energy body, aura and chakras. In a world full
of stress, pollutants, chemicals and electromagnetic radiation that weaken our
immune system daily, Reiki is a simple natural way to rebalance and restore
your natural energy flow through hands on healing.

From
10am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday, we will attune you to this Universal Life
Force Energy and show you how re-calibrate your entire life including your
office, children, home, plants, food, animals and more.

Shannon
Nicole is an Author, Healer, Reiki Master, and Visionary focused on assisting
our conscious evolution through natural and holistic healing. She has 3 Reiki lineages offering a diverse
range of wisdom stemming from the traditional Usui/Tibetian system to modern
westernized versions. Her intention as a Reiki teacher is to share an ancient
art utilized by the masters to heal, assist her students in understanding
self-healing and help them build a relationship with energy through Reiki and
natural healing modalities.

Dance therapy is offering numerous benefits for physical,
mental, and emotional health. Music itself can be a very powerful tool. It can
affect our moods and our state of well-being by triggering memories and other
emotional experiences. When dance or any movement is set to music, it can
create a stress relieving, joyful and sometimes healing moment for those
involved, as well as increasing/releasing endorphins in the brain.

Please join us for the dance movement therapy workshop in
Cupertino, where we will explore different attributes of the emotional and
physical well-being through set of the creative and fun exercises, mixed with
the episodes, filled with free-form dancing.

Main benefits you may expect:

- Getting a good ability to express suppressed emotions

- Establishing a positive and rejuvenating connection
with your body

- Improving general physical fitness and gross motor
skills development

- Creating a positive life outlook, addressing stressful
life events and depressive episodes

Every workshop is different, and the facilitator will
follow the flow, adjusting the list of the exercises and free-form dance
activities to the created team spirit and atmosphere.

Important notes:

- No partner or previous dancing experience necessary.

- All ages and physical capabilities are welcome. You
choose you own level of participation and involvement.

- Please try to be on time, as it is easier to “catch a
wave” if you are present from the class beginning.

- Clothing: anything that would let you move freely.

- Shoes: dancing bare-feet is the best, but you can also
use soft flat shoes. Please no outdoor shoes on the floor.

- There is plenty of parking near the studio. Follow the
GPS guidance, however as soon as you turn to the parking lot from Bandley
Drive, you need to drive around the building to find the Li's Wushu Academy
Entrance at the back. There are no entrances from the front or sides of the
building.

Preparing for a Post-Prohibition World:
The Past, Present, and Future of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

Friday,
December 2, 2016 at 7 PM - 9 PM

First
Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

1187
Franklin St,

San
Francisco, California 94109

Join
Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary
Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) for a conversation about what
inspired him to found MAPS in 1986, the current state of MAPS drug development
plan for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, and the future of
psychedelic-assisted therapy. This presentation will discuss results from the
Phase 2 MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD
studies, and the transition to Phase 3 clinical trails. Also discussed will be
the ongoing studies for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for anxiety associated with
a terminal illness, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for social anxiety in autistic
adults, and medical marijuana for PTSD. The conversation will conclude with a
discussion about regulation of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy post-approval and
what that would mean for therapists, the plan to build a network of in-patient
psychedelic clinic treatment centers, how the Zendo Project and harm reduction
can help us prepare for a post-prohibition world, and the consequences of the
presidential election on our planning.

This
event is an educational program of the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies
and Research in collaboration with CIIS Public Programs & Performances.

TRE®
(Tension, Stress & Trauma Release Exercise) is an innovative series of
exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress,
tension and trauma. Created by Dr. David Berceli, PhD, TRE® safely activates a
natural reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular
tension, calming down the nervous system. When this muscular shaking/vibrating
mechanism is activated in a safe and controlled environment, the body is
encouraged to return back to a state of balance.

Come
to the TRE® Introduction @ 1:00pm in @ Emeryville Yoga Therapy Center. Learn to
resolve stress, anxiety and tension with TRE. We will explore the nature of
stress and trauma/ You’ll experience and learn the seven simple exercises that
lead to the gentle shaking that allows your body to relax with TRE. Time for
questions and discussion.

Have
you ever found yourself wishing you felt more natural and comfortable at
flirting... Or just wishing you had a clue how to do it without feeling like a
fool?

Flirting
can add playfulness to all kinds of engagements, from the grocery store to the
bar. And it can add spice to new and established relationships.

Whether
you're single or in a relationship, playful or shy... Understanding the basics
of flirting and your natural Flirtation Style can add panache and ease to
interactions from the casual to the intense.

Join
2 Doctor's (A PhD and a Doctorate of Human Sexuality) who've studied the art of
flirting from different personalities (outgoing and shy) and who've helped
people gain confidence and delight all over the world.

In
this 1.5-hour workshop, we'll guide you in discovering your natural flirtation
style, and help you leverage that to build connection and playfulness... and
the sexy (where appropriate), so that you feel grounded, authentic, and more
fun and effective than you thought possible!

HEART
BRIDGE is a silent, exploratory game created by Yollanda Gonzales. The game is
played to develop sensual and emotional connection.

The
game is played by selecting cards to make silent requests of other players:
"Would you like to massage my shoulders?" "Would you like to
cuddle?" Would you like to draw together?" "Would you like to
gaze into each other's eyes for two minutes?"

It's
like a cuddle party, but with more intrigue and playfulness!

There
are a few more guidelines we will go over at the party.

The
doors will lock promptly at 7:15 pm and remain closed for the event. Come sober
with a light appetite and your curiosity

Jeffrey
Alphonsus Mooney, also known as JAM, has been performing and teaching in the
Bay Area for over 25 years. He was one of the winners of an IZZIE award for the
soundtrack for Sean Dorsey's "The Missing Generation" this year and
has made numerous compositions for Bay area artist as well as performing his
own work. He has been teaching a ritualistic approach to music, rhythm, and
voice to bring people together and recover our natural creative spirit.

Come
on a supersonic voyage where deep listening and lush, rich sounds will relax,
elevate and energize you. We will use a range of musical flavors from the low
hum of Tibetan bowls, didgeridoo, and trance drumming to live looping of
kalimba, flute and voice. We will create soundscapes together with our voices.
Levitation may occur.

Yogi Bhajan said, "What is a fear complex? When you
feel limited. If you feel that you are a part of the universe and the universe
is a part of you, what is there to fear?"

Bring your mat, shawl or sweater, wear comfortable
clothing that allows for easy breathing. Avoid having food a few hours before
class. if you are attending for the first time come 15 minutes early. Easy
parking behind the baseball field. Sat nam

In
this 3-day Immersion, we will teach you how to {immediately} elevate your
relating in any moment, and learn to circulate love & sexual energy through
your body in ways you have only dreamt of.

You
will leave with embodied practices, communication tools, and we will have
plenty of time for personalized, in-the-moment feedback throughout the weekend.

For
Her (or The Feminine Practice(s))

*Learn
how to communicate deep desires from a place that brings out the best in your
partner

*Learn
how to run pleasure through your own body that enlivens you and bring energy to
your sex and relationship

*Learn
practices that deepen sexual polarity in virtually any moment

For
Him (or The Masculine Practice(s))

*Learn
how to lead your relationship powerfully from a place of deep integrity

*Learn
physical and meditative practices that make you more trustable as a partner or
lover

*Learn
how to work with dark energy and do deep inner work that creates the most
sublime & authentic relating

In
this workshop we will be practicing the art of offering your heart in any
moment, in a way that not only feels deeply authentic, but also creates more
passion & intimacy between you & your lover{s}.

This
will be a no-holds-barred intensive where no question is off-limits, and where
you will have plenty of time {in a safe space} to practice - in the moment:

Let’s
face it: We all yearn to give and receive love. We want richer relationships,
deeper friendships, more closeness and community in our lives. We may sometimes
even notice... in quiet moments… that we’re dogged by a nagging sense of
loneliness, separateness.

And
yet, when we look closely, we find that we, ourselves, are sabotaging the
connection we want — with our own defensive conditioning, our old patterns of
fear, dependency, and blame...

We
find that we are hiding from each other, fighting with each other.

How
are we to drop this old, rusty armor so that we may, at last, see each other
clearly… hold each other closely?

Learn
how to take better care of your body during the busy holiday season through a
balanced approach from Yoga and Chinese Medicine perspectives. This winter
workshop includes:

üRestorative/Yin yoga with light massage

üA balancing ear acupuncture treatment

üTCM seasonal nutrition and lifestyle tips

Connecting
these healing modalities will help bring you to a whole new level of rejuvenation,
balance and overall wellbeing. A perfect way to relax before entering the
stress of the holidays!

While
culturally Winter is often a time of joy and celebration, in Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM), it is more appropriately a time for slowing down, reflection
and processing our fears, sadness and grief. We can see the synchronicity of
this in nature as we witness the cycle of life of the plants around us becoming
dormant, in preparation for the birth of Spring. It is important to acknowledge
our natural ties to the earth as our home and to honor our physical, mental,
emotional, and even spiritual needs to be in harmony with the seasons.

Yin
Yoga is a slow, steady, and often stationary practice, holding poses for
several minutes at a time. It is a style of yoga that allows us to draw the
attention inward, to heal and fully inhabit ourselves as we cultivate
attentiveness, softness and kindness toward ourselves and others.

In
this workshop, Courtney will be working with ear acupuncture* points. In TCM, the
ear represents a microsystem of the human body, and is used for treatment of
health conditions and to target the healing of specific areas of the body.
Participants will receive a basic treatment while in final resting pose,
savasana.

*Auricular
acupuncture stimulates the release of endorphins, which can work to enhance
mood, relieve stress, aid in smoking cessation, alleviate pain, and promote
better sleep.

Courtney
is a licensed acupuncturist, certified massage therapist and a registered yoga
teacher offering services in San Francisco.

Butoh
is a performance art rooted in Japanese culture and imagination. Hiroko guides
the class through visual imaginations that are realized through movement.
Whether you practice dance or healing arts this workshop is sure to be an
enriching and memorable experience. Hiroko Tamano is a direct student of Butoh
founder, Hijikata Tatsumi. Therefore, she provides us with rare access to the
original spirit and methodology of Butoh.

Tantra Puja is a sacred ancient ritual that has been
practiced for thousands of years. It is a beautiful ceremony of honoring and
adoring the Divine that dwells within each of us, and brings us into a profound
space of connection and universal Love.

This evening’s Puja is dedicated to both men and women.
In fact, participants will not know whether they will be in the giving or
receiving role until they arrive. Men may end up in the giving role or the
receiving role, and the same for the women. Though the presentation starts off
with an introduction to some of the esoteric practices of Tantra to give us a
context for the Puja, we will soon switch gears and actually engage in this
heartening practice. We will use movement, sound and the five elements, all
given to us with ample instruction, enriching each experience throughout the
ceremony. You may find yourself turning inwards and becoming aware of abundant
love and innate beauty that is part of your being.

In a Tantra Puja, participants in the giving role have
the opportunity to express their unconditional love and adoration towards women
and men alike. This ceremony opens people's hearts in a way that allows them to
see the inner beauty and the Divine within us all. The participants in the
giving role will be instructed in performing an ancient ritual, which is simple
in form yet very powerful in practice. As the participants in the receiving
role accept the offerings and adoration, they in turn connect with
unconditional love and reflect that adoration back to the givers with their
presence. Taking part in these Pujas is a very powerful way to reconnect and
relate with the feminine and masculine. It is through the practice of
unconditional loving that we find that any emptiness or longing we feel within
us can be filled with a simple act of giving.

This ancient ritual is thousands of years old. It was
brought to life by Tantrikas who implemented the religious and spiritual
practices of Yogis and sages into the Art of Adoration, the practice of
breathing life and awareness through the five elements (Earth, Water, Fire,
Air, Ether) in offering to the divine within every living being. We will offer
fire, incense, roses, water, chocolate and more in adoration and worship of our
divine Goddesses.

Women, Devis, though not required, you are welcome to
dress for the evening – perhaps adorn yourself with jewelry you feel most happy
in, or wear the scarf you love that you can’t wear to work. It is your evening;
indulge yourself as you wish, but please be comfortable.

Men, Shiva, though not required, you are welcome to dress
for the evening too. Think of the times the goddesses in your lives had asked
you to dress a certain way for their pleasure – well, this may be an
opportunity to do just that, but please be comfortable. You may bring flowers,
chocolates, or other divinely treats as your offering to the goddesses in the
room.

Embodied
Sacred Puja is a Tantric Ritual of surrendering to the Divine guidance. After
grounding and centering through guided practices and breathwork, we form an
inner and an outer circles, where partners rotate without needing to choose.
What often happens is participants begin to build their experiences from one
station to the next, expanding their awareness beyond personal connection to recognition
of the Sacred in all beings. Practices include breathing together, eye gazing,
conscious touch, holding, energy exchange, heartfelt communication to name a
few.

This
is a fully clothed event open to both singles and couples.

Please
purchase your ticket through Eventbrite as these events always sell out long
before the date.

Join
us for a massive glowing sword battle in San Francisco. Pick a side, good or
evil and use a glowing sword to fight in the ultimate nocturnal showdown. For
every $10 you contribute ($5 early bird) we will reserve one glow sword for
you. Each glow sword changes up to 6 colors, is about 3' long, and you will be
able to pick them up at the event, or have them shipped to your house (coming
soon.)

This
year's venue is an amazing new park and will feature food trucks, a licensed
area, and music. We will start to gather at 8:00, split into two sides a little
after 9:00, and the battle will begin. Glow on!

FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS:

Q:
Who is Newmindspace?

Newmindspace
produces free, fun events around North America, including 5000-person pillow
fights, giant games of Capture the Flag, and huge bubble battles. They were
founded in 2005 and exist to reclaim public space and make "living
installations" using favorite childhood activities and thousands of
people.

Q:
Is there an age limit?

A:
No! We welcome participants of all ages at this event. You can bring your kids
and grandparents.

Q:
Do we get to keep the swords we reserve afterward?

A:
Yes!

Q:
Can I bring my UltraSaber/SaberForge/Parksaber/FX without reserving one of
yours?

Sound
Oasis is a sound healing journey that is deeply restorative and rejuvenating.
Experience deep relaxation, connect with well-being and feel greater self-attunement
as you bathe in sound vibrations that bring clearing, balancing and
harmonization to body, mind and spirit. As you rest comfortably (either lying
down or seated), you will receive the vibrant overtones, healing frequencies
and dynamic soundscapes of over 40 Tibetan and crystal singing bowls; Planetary
Gongs; an assortment of ancestral sound healing instruments; and more! This
will be a magical evening of exploring sound as a heart centered meditation for
self-care, self-love and conscious community.

WHAT
TO BRING: Please bring a yoga mat and blanket. A pillow, eye covering and water
bottle are also items that can support your comfort.

LORIEL
STARR has worked with sound meditation, sound journeys and sound healing events
over the last fifteen years. She is a Certified Sound Practitioner, a Gong Yoga
Therapist and a graduate of The Sound, Voice, and Music in the Healing Arts
Program of The California Institute of Integral Studies (2008). In addition to
her work with sound, Loriel is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP),
Level III Certified iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher and a Certified Holotropic
Breathwork Facilitator.

There
is an innate dance within our bodies that is always happening, from our first
breath to our last. This is the powerful movement of our own life force just
waiting to be heard. All we need to do is be present enough to listen. Gift
yourself with this opportunity to take a day out to listen to your body’s
wisdom, as we follow the fluid dance between sitting meditation and the Open
Floor Movement Practice. Through these two transformative gateways, we will
open our awareness to all that lies within, giving it space to move through us.
This is where true healing begins.

Practicing
together in this way is potent medicine, especially this close to the Winter
Solstice. Come be part of the magic.

Join
Claire Stetina to learn how to use self-massage therapy balls and other
self-massage techniques, to give yourself therapeutic deep tissue, trigger
point therapy, and myofascial release self-massage in common high tension areas.

In
this special two-hour experiential workshop, Massage Therapist and Yoga
Teacher, Claire Stetina, will guide and teach you the skills necessary to
relieve and release muscle tension, ease aches, reduce stress, allow for better
breathing, and improve posture. You will learn an effective head to toe massage
series, as well as more focus on releasing the shoulders, low back, hips, and
chest.

This
is a highly effective and powerful set of techniques for self-care, as well as
a complementary system to support your yoga practice. No experience is
necessary!

Cost:
$40/ in advance or $45/ the day of (including set of massage balls)

Agnews
Historic Park is a 14.5-acre Historic Easement located on the Oracle Santa
Clara campus, on property which was the site of the Agnews State Hospital. Four
historic buildings within the park are preserved as part of the historic
easement. The site was acquired by Sun Microsystems around 1997 as a corporate
and R&D center, and became part of Oracle in 2010.

Numerous
trees are in the area, with parking and restrooms available. It's not a big
park, so when you enter on Palm Drive, from Lafayette Street, you should be
able to find us.

Bring
your chair or something to sit on. If the weather is bad on this day, the event
will be cancelled.

The
first half hour or so will be an informal NO-POTLUCK picnic. After that,
drumming until the end.

Solstice marks the transition between the days getting
shorter and day length starting to grow longer. It also represents the most
powerful opportunity to shed unwanted pattens, habits or even relationships.
This day also is my (Jenn Azure) going away gift to my NorCal community before
I head up to Portland.

The evening will start wth Scarlet Crow, Marya Stark
Carmen Crow and friends. They will lead us in a Solstice Ritual and sing songs
about Mythos and the Goddess. Next will be Vanessa and Jenn, We will play
thoughtful Folk music. Mikey Pauker will play next. he plays inspiring
“Medicine Music”, written in Hebrew, English and Sanskrit . Finally Alia will
play a Shakti - infused Ecstatic Dance set. Everybody will be required to
dance!

Finally, Quan Yin Tea Space will be in the house. Light
food and non-alcoholic beverages will be available,

The GUAVA temple will be cushed-out for two consecutive
events - come for one or both~

New Year's Eve is a powerful energetic portal that opens
us up to both release what you wish to let go of and ground in to the next year
with new energy and intentions.

In honor of this potent time of the year, GUAVA presents
these two events, to heal and free yourself of what needs to be left in 2016
and ground into 2017 with new energy and then celebrate all of the blessings to
come.

Featuring Mademoiselle Kiki as the alter ego of Bay Area
performer Moana Diamond. You’ll think you’re in Paris, city of love, when
Mademoiselle Kiki presents her sensuous European Cabaret. She interprets the
music of Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Josephine Baker, Dietrich and other greats
along with the Chez Kiki Orchestra - Paul Mehling, of the Hot Club of San
Francisco Fame, Dave Miotke, virtuoso accordeoniste, and Moulin Rouge style
dancers! Additional Deco swing style dance music played in the Garden Studio
for your after cabaret dancing and listening pleasure by the Chez Kiki Players.